Brooklyn Dance Club Output Closing

Williamsburg, Brooklyn dance music club Output is closing, the founders and operators announced today. The club will close permanently on January 1, 2019, following a “marathon” New Year’s Eve set by DJ/producer John Digweed. “This sudden turn of events may seem shocking to many, but for those of us watching from the inside, we have seen the writing on the wall for some time,” Nicolas Matar, Bo Pittman, and Shawn Schwartz wrote.

Output opened in January 2013. As Matar, Pittman, and Schwartz wrote, “The mission was to establish a proper home for the music-focused underground which ahd been displaced by Manhattan‘s wealth and celebrity-obsessed nightlife.” Output was dedicated primarily to house and techno music. The venue hosted sets from a wide range of artists, including LCD Soundystem’s James Murphy, Gesaffelstein, James Blake, Maya Jane Coles, Prins Thomas, and many others.